Sec. 4. Prohibitions regarding the Palestine Liberation Organization under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987
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Section 1003 of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 ( 22 U.S.C. 5202 ) is amended— by striking It shall be unlawful and inserting
(a); and In General .—It shall be unlawful by adding at the end the following new subsection: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 604 of the Middle East Peace Commitments Act of 2002 (subtitle A of title VI of Public Law 107–228 ), the President may waive for a period of not more than 6 months the provisions of subsection
(a)if the President determines and certifies in writing to Congress, not later than 45 days before the waiver is to take effect, that— the Palestinians have not, on or after January 1, 2017, obtained in the United Nations or any specialized agency thereof the same standing as member states or full membership as a state outside an agreement negotiated between Israel and the Palestinians; the Palestinians have officially ceased to be members of the International Criminal Court
(ICC)and have withdrawn from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; any preliminary examination or ongoing investigation against Israel, the Government of Israel, the Israeli Armed or Security Forces, or any Israeli national initiated by, or on behalf of, the Palestinians, or referred to the ICC by a state party, the United Nations Security Council, or a Pre-Trial Chamber has been withdrawn and terminated; the PLO and the Palestinian Authority no longer provide any financial award, payment, salary, or benefit to Palestinians who have committed terrorist attacks, their families, or the families of those who died committing acts of terrorism; the PLO and the Palestinian Authority have ceased to engage in a pattern of incitement against or with respect to the United States or Israel; or the Palestinians have entered into a final negotiated peace agreement with, and have ceased all hostilities against, Israel. In subsection (b)(1)(E), the term incitement means to advocate, endorse, or express support for violence, martyrdom, or terrorism, or glorify, honor, or otherwise memorialize any person or group that has advocated, sponsored, or committed acts of terrorism, including the naming after or dedication to such person or group of any school, community center, camp, sports team, stadium, public square, street, land, landmark, waterway, or other facility. .
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Prohibitions regarding the Palestine Liberation Organization under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987
Pub. L.Pub. L. 107-228
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